As the monograph of the Nunn family circulated among my
Florida relatives, the question was raised, was George Dorn who married Emma
Nunn (my grandfather’s sister) related to our newest “family” member with
the last name of Dorn?
It wasn’t until we returned from Florida that I could really
get into researching this question – I mean, I just couldn’t sit inside at the
computer when the sun and water beckoned, could I?
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| We were busy building sand castles |
It is great fun researching the Utica Dorn family. I learned the ship City of Montreal brought Conrad
and Maria (Schuck) Dorn to New York on 13 October 1879. Conrad and Maria traveled from Germany with their five young
children: Adam, Ann, Nicholas, John and infant Josephine. Whereas my Dorn line stayed in New York
City, this Dorn family relocated immediately to Utica, New York, where at the
time there lived seven other Dorn families.
Conrad was immediately hired in the lumberyard, (one of the
Dorn males already there worked as a carpenter), but Conrad later became a long
time employee and valued weaver at the Globe Woolen Mill in Utica.
The story of the Utica Dorns will continue in another post
and then we will see if George Dorn of New York City is indeed related to the
Conrad Dorn line of Utica, New York.
Looking forward to the continuing story of the Dorns and enjoying the sand castles too!
ReplyDeleteI am finding this family line very interesting and am learning so much about the Utica area. There was so much going on there during the 1800s and early 1900s.
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